Posted by Kelvin Fairweather on Wednesday, January 25, 2023,
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- Prune shrub roses, clematis, apple & pear trees before end of April.
- Wisteria can be pruned back during January & March (and again during July & August).
- Buddleia should be cut back to almost ground level during February or March to encourage new flowering growth.
- Autumn fruiting raspberries should be cut back to almost ground level February or March; summer fruiting types should be left.
- For the flower garden, hardy annuals can be sown indoors and planted out when large enough and conditions f...
Posted by Kelvin Fairweather on Monday, May 2, 2022,
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- With it having been such a dry April, chances of lots of rain to come could mean the slugs and snails will appear in their masses. Now is the time to encourage hedgehogs, frogs, toads etc. Remember that slug and snail killer based on metaldehyde is now banned due to the effect on other wildlife.
- Time to sow dwarf and climbing French beans and runner beans, keeping a watch for frosts.
- Onions, shallots and leeks can be planted.
- Successional showings of salad crops can be made plus carrots and pea...
Posted by Kelvin Fairweather on Monday, March 7, 2022,
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- Prune shrub and climbing roses
- Prune buddleias hard back
- Prune cornus stems for colourful stems next winter
- Plant shallots, onion sets, leeks and early potatoes in the ground or containers provided the ground is not waterlogged or frozen.
- Sow various veg seeds outside; provided ground is in suitable condition.
- Sow hardy annuals in pots or modules sow sweet pea seed outside in flowering position.
- Plant out autumn sown sweet peas.
- Divide any clumps of snowdrops or winter aconites and hellebores.
- Propa...
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